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href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/1#h=7:0-9:0">1:18-25</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Astrologers’ visit and Herod’s murderous plan (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2#h=9:0-11:0">2:1-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Joseph and Mary take Jesus and flee to Egypt (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2#h=11:0-12:0">2:13-15</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Herod kills young boys in Bethlehem and all its districts (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2#h=12:0-13:0">2:16-18</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus’ family settles in Nazareth (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2#h=13:0-14:0">2:19-23</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Ministry of John the Baptist (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/3#h=14:0-16:0">3:1-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Baptism of Jesus (<a 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data-bid="3-3" class="b"> 18</a>). The earlier name of this town was evidently Ephrath, or Ephrathah, explaining why <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Mic 5:2</a> says that the Messiah would come from “Bethlehem Ephrathah.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Ge 35:19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/4/1" data-bid="5-2" class="b"> 48:7</a>.</p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="s5"><strong>Herod:</strong> Refers to Herod the Great.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/0/0">Glossary</a>.</p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>astrologers:</strong> Greek <em>maʹgoi</em> (plural of <em>maʹgos</em>), most likely referring to experts in astrology and other occult practices condemned in the Holy Scriptures. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">De 18:10-12</a>) The Bible does not indicate the number. The same Greek term is rendered “sorcerer” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">Ac 13:6,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/6/1" data-bid="7-2" class="b"> 8</a> and is used in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/1/0"><em>Septuagint</em></a> as an equivalent for the Hebrew and Aramaic words rendered “conjurer” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Da 2:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/7/1" data-bid="8-2" class="b"> 10</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/1001072004#chapter=2"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/1001072004/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/472" ><span class="caption"><p>Winter in Bethlehem</p> </span></a></div></li><li class="scalableui item hasVideo"><div class="clearfix"><a class="directLinkItem" href="https://www.jw.org/finder?&wtlocale=E&lank=pub-gnj_1_VIDEO&ts=00:50:25-00:55:52"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200280001/thumbnail" ><span class="caption"><strong>Astrologers’ visit and Herod’s murderous plan</strong> (<em>gnj</em> 1 50:25–55:52)</span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/50" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-51"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mic 5:2; Lu 2:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-51" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-51" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/51" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-52"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 1:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-52" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-52" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="se"></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/52/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 163</a></p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/53/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 15</a></p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/54/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 206-207,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/55/0"> 1095</a></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/56/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 22</a></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/57/0"><em>New World Translation,</em> p. 14</a></p> <div id="p57" data-pid="57"><p data-pid="57" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/58/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="57" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/58/0">12/1/2010, p. 10</a></p><p data-pid="57" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/59/0">4/1/2010, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="57" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/60/0">12/1/2009, p. 31</a></p><p data-pid="57" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/61/0">1/1/2008, p. 31</a></p><p data-pid="57" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/62/0">12/15/2002, p. 32</a></p><p data-pid="57" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/63/0">12/15/1988, pp. 28-29</a></p> </div><div id="p58" data-pid="58"><p data-pid="58" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/64/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="58" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/64/0">12/2009, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="58" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/65/0">12/8/1999, p. 14</a></p> </div><p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/66/0"><em>Mankind’s Search for God,</em> pp. 86,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/67/0"> 239</a></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/68/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> p. 177</a></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/0">ijwbq article 163;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/4"> lff lesson 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/6"> it-1 206-207,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/8"> 1095;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/10"> jy 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/12"> nwt 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/14"> w10 4/1 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/16"> w10 12/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/18"> w09 12/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/20"> g 12/09 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/22"> w08 1/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/24"> w02 12/15 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/26"> g99 12/8 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/28"> sh 86,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/30"> 239;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/33"> rs 177;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/14/35"> w88 12/15 28-29;</a></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"></p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/0">w85 7/1 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/3"> w79 12/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/5"> w77 740;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/7"> w72 241;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/9"> ad 155-156,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/10"> 333,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/11"> 758,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/12"> 920,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/13"> 1552;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/14"> w65 234;</a><span class="ni"> im 82;</span><span class="ni"> g65 12/22 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/17"> w64 245;</a><span class="ni"> g64 12/22 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/19"> w63 447,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/20"> 615;</a><span class="ni"> wg 7;</span><span class="ni"> ns 213;</span><span class="ni"> g61 12/8 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/24"> w60 396;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/21/25"> w59 155;</a><span class="ni"> yw 78</span></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-2" data-section-citation="040002002040002002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>star:</strong> Most probably not a real star or a conjunction of planets. Only the astrologers “saw” the star.</p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="s5"><strong>when we were in the East:</strong> The Greek word rendered “East” literally means “rising.” In this context, the expression evidently refers to the location of the astrologers when they saw the star, though some have understood it to mean that the astrologers saw the star on the eastern sky or as it was “rising,” or appearing.</p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>do obeisance:</strong> Or “bow down.” When the Greek verb <em>pro·sky·neʹo</em> is used to refer to the worship of a god or a deity, it is rendered “to worship.” In this context, however, the astrologers were asking for “the one born <em>king</em> of the Jews.” So it is clear that it refers to obeisance or homage to a human king, not a god. A similar usage is found at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">Mr 15:18, 19</a>, where the term is used of the soldiers who mockingly “bowed down” to Jesus and called him “King of the Jews.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/2/0">study note on Mt 18:26</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/52" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-53"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Sa 16:1, 13; Mt 27:37</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-53" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-53" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="se"></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/69/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 163</a></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/70/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 671</a></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/71/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 523-524,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/72/0"> 1033</a></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/73/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 22</a></p> <div id="p66" data-pid="66"><p data-pid="66" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/74/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="66" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/74/0">2/15/2014, p. 27</a></p> </div><div id="p67" data-pid="67"><p data-pid="67" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/75/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="67" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/75/0">12/2009, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="67" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/76/0">12/8/1999, p. 14</a></p> </div><p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/77/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> p. 177</a></p> <p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/0">ijwbq article 163;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/2"> it-1 671;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/4"> it-2 523-524,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/6"> 1033;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/8"> jy 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/11"> w14 2/15 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/13"> g 12/09 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/15"> g99 12/8 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/17"> gt chapter 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/15/20"> rs 177;</a></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/0">w85 7/1 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/3"> w84 12/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/5"> w77 740;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/7"> ad 478-479,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/8"> 1147,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/9"> 1242,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/10"> 1552;</a><span class="ni"> im 82;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/12"> w63 448;</a><span class="ni"> g62 12/22 7;</span><span class="ni"> g61 12/8 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/22/15"> w60 396;</a><span class="ni"> w31 205</span></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-4" data-section-citation="040002004040002004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>chief priests:</strong> The Greek term is rendered “high priest” when it is singular and refers to the chief representative of the people before God. Here the plural refers to principal men of the priesthood, including former high priests and, possibly, the heads of the 24 priestly divisions.</p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>scribes:</strong> This term originally referred to <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/3/0">copyists</a> of the Scriptures, but during Jesus’ time, it referred to those who were experts in the Law and teachers of it.</p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>the Christ:</strong> Here the title “Christ” is preceded by the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/4/0">definite article</a> in Greek, evidently as a way of emphasizing Jesus’ office as the Messiah.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="se"></p> <p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/78/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 1109-1110</a></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/79/0"><em>New World Translation,</em> p. 1695</a></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/16/0">it-1 1109-1110;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/16/2"> nwt 1695;</a></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/23/0">ad 767;</a><span class="ni"> w31 205</span></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-5" data-section-citation="040002005040002005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:5</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>Bethlehem:</strong> From the Hebrew name meaning “House of Bread.” Bethlehem was David’s hometown and was sometimes called “David’s city.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Lu 2:4,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/12/1" data-bid="13-2" class="b"> 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/12/2" data-bid="13-3" class="b"> Joh 7:42</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/53" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-54"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 7:42</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-54" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-54" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="se"></p> <p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/80/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 300</a></p> <p id="p74" data-pid="74" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/17/0">it-1 300;</a></p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sx"></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/24/0">g73 3/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/24/2"> w72 241;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/24/4"> w65 618;</a><span class="ni"> gv 12;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/24/6"> w62 42;</a><span class="ni"> ns 211;</span><span class="ni"> w31 205</span></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-6" data-section-citation="040002006040002006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="s5"><strong>by no means the most insignificant:</strong> The prophecy at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Mic 5:2</a> here quoted shows that Bethlehem, although insignificant in population (called a village at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Joh 7:42</a>) and governing power, would become very significant because the greatest <strong>governing one</strong> would come from there to <strong>shepherd</strong> God’s people Israel.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-5"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p248" data-pid="248">Or “rulers; leaders.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-6"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p249" data-pid="249">Or “a ruler; a leader.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/54" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-55"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Sa 5:2; Mic 5:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-55" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-55" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p74" data-pid="74" class="se"></p> <p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/81/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 300,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/82/0"> 992</a></p> <p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/83/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 156</a></p> <p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/18/0">it-1 300,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/18/2"> 992;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/18/4"> si 156;</a></p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/25/0">g73 3/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/25/2"> w72 241,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/25/4"> 703-704;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/25/7"> ad 1671;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/25/8"> w65 234,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/25/9"> 618;</a><span class="ni"> gv 12;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/25/11"> w64 245;</a><span class="ni"> bf 404;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/25/13"> w62 42;</a><span class="ni"> ns 211;</span><span class="ni"> w43 37;</span><span class="ni"> w31 205</span></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-7" data-section-citation="040002007040002007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:7</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"><span class="ni">g62 12/22 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/26/1"> w60 396</a></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-8" data-section-citation="040002008040002008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>do obeisance to him:</strong> Or “honor him; pay him homage.” Here Herod is claiming that he wants to perform an act of respect to a human king, not to worship a god.—For further information on the Greek word, see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/5/0">study note on Mt 2:2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="se"></p> <p id="p78" data-pid="78" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/84/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 523-524</a></p> <p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/19/0">it-2 523-524;</a></p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/27/0">ad 1242;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/27/1"> w60 396;</a><span class="ni"> pa 125;</span><span class="ni"> w31 205</span></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-9" data-section-citation="040002009040002009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/55" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-56"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 2:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-56" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-56" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/28/0">w85 7/1 16-17;</a><span class="ni"> g62 12/22 7;</span><span class="ni"> g61 12/8 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/28/4"> w60 396</a></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-11" data-section-citation="040002011040002011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:11</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>house:</strong> The reference to a house shows that the astrologers did not visit Jesus when he was a newborn baby in a manger.</p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="s5"><strong>the young child:</strong> Jesus is here not referred to as “an infant,” as he is at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Lu 2:12,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> 16</a>.</p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>did obeisance:</strong> Or “bowed down.” The term often denotes respect to a human, such as a king, not worship.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/6/0">study notes on Mt 2:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/7/0"> 18:26</a>.</p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="s5"><strong>gifts:</strong> When presenting Jesus at the temple 40 days after his birth (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">Lu 2:22-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/19/1" data-bid="20-2" class="b"> Lev 12:6-8</a>), Joseph and Mary were poor, indicating that these gifts were given sometime after that occasion. The gifts may have been timely, useful for financing the family’s stay in Egypt.</p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>frankincense:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/8/0">Glossary</a>.</p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="s5"><strong>myrrh:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/9/0">Glossary</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="se"></p> <p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/85/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 163</a></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/86/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 935</a></p> <div id="p82" data-pid="82"><p data-pid="82" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/87/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="82" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/87/0">3/1/2015, pp. 13-15</a></p><p data-pid="82" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/88/0">4/1/2010, p. 13</a></p> </div><div id="p83" data-pid="83"><p data-pid="83" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/89/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="83" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/89/0">12/8/1999, pp. 14-15</a></p> </div><p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/20/0">ijwbq article 163;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/20/3"> it-1 935;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/20/5"> w15 3/1 13-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/20/8"> w10 4/1 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/20/10"> g99 12/8 14-15;</a></p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/29/0">w79 12/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/29/2"> w77 740-741;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/29/4"> w75 739;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/29/6"> g73 12/22 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/29/8"> ad 223,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/29/9"> 654,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/29/10"> 1241-1242;</a><span class="ni"> g67 12/22 28;</span><span class="ni"> g65 7/8 20;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/29/13"> w63 723;</a><span class="ni"> w31 205</span></p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-12" data-section-citation="040002012040002012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:12</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/56" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-57"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 2:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-57" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-57" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/30/0">w65 288;</a><span class="ni"> g64 12/22 7;</span><span class="ni"> rm 239;</span><span class="ni"> w31 206</span></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-13" data-section-citation="040002013040002013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:13</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="s5"><strong>look!:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/10/0">study note on Mt 1:20</a>.</p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>Jehovah’s angel:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/11/0">study note on Mt 1:20</a> and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/0">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/1">Mt 2:13</a>.</p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="s5"><strong>Egypt:</strong> At this time, Egypt was a Roman province and home to a large Jewish population. Bethlehem was about 9 km (6 mi) SSW of Jerusalem, so Joseph and Mary could travel SW to Egypt without passing through Jerusalem, where Herod issues his murderous edict.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item hasVideo"><div class="clearfix"><a class="directLinkItem" href="https://www.jw.org/finder?&wtlocale=E&lank=pub-gnj_1_VIDEO&ts=00:55:53-00:57:34"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200280001/thumbnail" ><span class="caption"><strong>Joseph takes Mary and Jesus and flees to Egypt</strong> (<em>gnj</em> 1 55:53–57:34)</span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/57" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-58"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 1:20; 2:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-58" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-58" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/31/0">ad 920,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/31/1"> 1183-1184;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/31/2"> w65 288;</a><span class="ni"> w31 206</span></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-14" data-section-citation="040002014040002014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:14</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="s5"><strong>went into Egypt:</strong> From Bethlehem to Egypt was probably a distance of at least 120 km (75 mi).</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="se"></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/90/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 699</a></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/21/0">it-1 699;</a></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/32/0">ad 499;</a><span class="ni"> w31 206</span></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-15" data-section-citation="040002015040002015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="s5"><strong>death of Herod:</strong> Herod died likely in the year 1 B.C.E.</p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="s5"><strong>fulfilled what was spoken by Jehovah through his prophet:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/12/0">study note on Mt 1:22</a>.</p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="s5"><strong>Jehovah:</strong> The quote that follows is taken from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Ho 11:1</a>, and the context (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/24/0" data-bid="25-1" class="b">Ho 11:1-11</a>) clearly shows that this is a statement made by Jehovah God.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/2">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/3">Mt 2:15</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/58" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-59"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ho 11:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-59" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-59" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="se"></p> <p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/91/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 699,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/92/0"> 783-784,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/93/0"> 1148</a></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/94/0"><em>Bible Teach,</em> p. 201</a></p> <div id="p89" data-pid="89"><p data-pid="89" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/95/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="89" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/95/0">8/15/2011, p. 10</a></p> </div><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/22/0">it-1 699,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/22/2"> 783-784,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/22/4"> 1148;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/22/6"> bh 201;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/22/8"> w11 8/15 10;</a></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/33/0">ad 499,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/33/1"> 547,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/33/2"> 1123;</a><span class="ni"> g66 5/8 28;</span><span class="ni"> im 38,</span><span class="ni"> 210;</span><span class="ni"> ns 213;</span><span class="ni"> w31 206</span></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-16" data-section-citation="040002016040002016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:16</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="s5"><strong>had all the boys . . . killed:</strong> Historians have recorded other similar acts of violence committed by Herod the Great. He murdered at least 45 supporters of one rival. Suspicion led him to cause the murder of his wife Mariamne (I), three sons, his wife’s brother, her grandfather (Hyrcanus), several who had been his best friends, and many others. To minimize the rejoicing that was sure to accompany his own death, he is said to have ordered that the principal men of the Jews be killed when he himself died. That edict was not carried out.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item hasVideo"><div class="clearfix"><a class="directLinkItem" href="https://www.jw.org/finder?&wtlocale=E&lank=pub-gnj_1_VIDEO&ts=00:57:35-00:59:32"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200280001/thumbnail" ><span class="caption"><strong>Herod kills young boys in Bethlehem and all its districts</strong> (<em>gnj</em> 1 57:35–59:32)</span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/59" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-60"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 2:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-60" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-60" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="se"></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/96/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 1093,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/97/0"> 1095</a></p> <p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/98/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 24</a></p> <div id="p93" data-pid="93"><p data-pid="93" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/99/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="93" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/99/0">8/15/2011, p. 10</a></p> </div><p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/23/0">it-1 1093,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/23/2"> 1095;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/23/4"> jy 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/23/6"> w11 8/15 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/23/8"> gt chapter 8;</a></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/34/0">w79 12/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/34/2"> w77 740;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/34/4"> ad 757;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/34/5"> w64 623;</a><span class="ni"> pw 6;</span><span class="ni"> g61 12/8 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/34/8"> w52 224;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/34/9"> w51 595;</a><span class="ni"> w46 219;</span><span class="ni"> w31 206</span></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-17" data-section-citation="040002017040002017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/60" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-61"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 1:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-61" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-61" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="se"></p> <p id="p95" data-pid="95" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/100/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 300</a></p> <div id="p96" data-pid="96"><p data-pid="96" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/101/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="96" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/101/0">8/15/2011, p. 10</a></p> </div><p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/24/0">it-1 300;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/24/2"> w11 8/15 10;</a></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/35/0">w79 6/15 19;</a><span class="ni"> g69 2/22 29;</span><span class="ni"> im 38</span></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-18" data-section-citation="040002018040002018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:18</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="s5"><strong>Ramah:</strong> A city in the territory of Benjamin, N of Jerusalem. It appears that when Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 B.C.E., the Jews taken captive were assembled at Ramah before being moved to Babylon. Some scholars have concluded that such an assembling of Jews (perhaps accompanied by the slaughtering of some there) was referred to at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">Jer 31:15</a>, quoted here.</p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="s5"><strong>Rachel:</strong> Mentioned as a symbol of all mothers in Israel. In Jeremiah’s prophecy, Rachel, whose tomb was near Bethlehem, figuratively weeps over her sons taken into exile to the land of the enemy. Jeremiah’s prophecy also contains the comforting promise of a return from enemy territory. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/28/0" data-bid="29-1" class="b">Jer 31:16</a>) Matthew’s inspired application of this prophecy has been understood to refer to a return from death, man’s enemy, by means of a resurrection.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/61" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-62"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 29:10; 35:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-62" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-62" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/62" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-63"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 31:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-63" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-63" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="se"></p> <p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/102/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 300</a></p> <p id="p99" data-pid="99" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/103/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 727</a></p> <div id="p100" data-pid="100"><p data-pid="100" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/104/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="100" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/104/0">12/15/2014, p. 21</a></p><p data-pid="100" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/105/0">8/15/2011, p. 10</a></p> </div><p id="p101" data-pid="101" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/25/0">it-1 300;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/25/2"> it-2 727;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/25/4"> w14 12/15 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/25/7"> w11 8/15 10;</a></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/36/0">w79 6/15 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/36/2"> ad 224,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/36/3"> 1368;</a><span class="ni"> g69 2/22 29;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/36/5"> w65 383;</a><span class="ni"> im 38;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/36/7"> w62 475;</a><span class="ni"> w46 219</span></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-19" data-section-citation="040002019040002019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:19</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="s5"><strong>Jehovah’s angel:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/13/0">study note on Mt 1:20</a> and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/4">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/5">Mt 2:19</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item hasVideo"><div class="clearfix"><a class="directLinkItem" href="https://www.jw.org/finder?&wtlocale=E&lank=pub-gnj_1_VIDEO&ts=00:59:34-01:03:55"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200280001/thumbnail" ><span class="caption"><strong>Jesus’ family settles in Nazareth</strong> (<em>gnj</em> 1 59:34–1:03:55)</span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/63" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-64"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 1:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-64" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-64" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 214;</span><span class="ni"> w31 206</span></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-20" data-section-citation="040002020040002020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:20</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="s5"><strong>life:</strong> This is the first occurrence of the Greek word <em>psy·kheʹ,</em> rendered “soul” in some Bible translations. Here it refers to a person’s life. The expression <strong>seeking the life of</strong> someone can also be rendered “seeking [wanting] to kill” someone.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">Ex 4:19</a>, ftn.; see Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/14/0">Soul</a>.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p101" data-pid="101" class="se"></p> <div id="p102" data-pid="102"><p data-pid="102" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/106/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="102" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/106/0">1/1/2009, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p103" data-pid="103" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/26/0">w09 1/1 12;</a></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"><span class="ni">bi12-81 1451;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/38/1"> ad 1534;</a><span class="ni"> bi8-71 1351;</span><span class="ni"> bi12-70 1459;</span><span class="ni"> int69 1151;</span><span class="ni"> bi8-63 3563;</span><span class="ni"> bi12-61 1457;</span><span class="ni"> w31 206</span></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-21" data-section-citation="040002021040002021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:21</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"><span class="ni">w31 206</span></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-22" data-section-citation="040002022040002022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:22</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="s5"><strong>Archelaus:</strong> A cruel ruler who, like his father, Herod the Great, was unpopular with the Jews. In quelling a riot, he had 3,000 slain within the temple grounds. Joseph was warned by God about the danger when returning from Egypt, so he settled his family in Nazareth of Galilee, outside Archelaus’ jurisdiction.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/64" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-65"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 2:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-65" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-65" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/2/65" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-66"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mr 1:9; Lu 2:39</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-66" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-66" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p103" data-pid="103" class="se"></p> <p id="p104" data-pid="104" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/107/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 156,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/108/0"> 1093</a></p> <p id="p105" data-pid="105" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/27/0">it-1 156,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/27/2"> 1093;</a></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/40/0">ad 114,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/40/1"> 333,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/40/2"> 757;</a><span class="ni"> ns 214;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/40/4"> w54 44</a></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="40-2-23" data-section-citation="040002023040002023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Matthew 2:23</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="s5"><strong>Nazareth:</strong> Probably meaning “Sprout-Town.” Nazareth was the town in Lower Galilee where Jesus lived most of his earthly life.</p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="s5"><strong>spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene”:</strong> Evidently referring to the book written by the prophet Isaiah (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Isa 11:1</a>), in which the promised Messiah is referred to as ‘a sprout [Hebrew, <em>neʹtser</em>] out of the roots of Jesse.’ Since Matthew speaks of “prophets” in plural, he may also have been referring to Jeremiah, who wrote about “a righteous sprout” as an offshoot of David (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">Jer 23:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/35/1" data-bid="36-2" class="b"> 33:15</a>), and to Zechariah, who describes a king-priest “whose name is Sprout” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Zec 3:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070602/36/1" data-bid="37-2" class="b"> 6:12, 13</a>). The term “Nazarene” became an epithet applied to Jesus and later to his followers.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/1001072227#chapter=2"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/40/1001072227/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/849" ><span class="caption"><p>View of the Valley of Jezreel</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" 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Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="109" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/112/0">4/1/2011, pp. 4-5</a></p><p data-pid="109" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/113/0">3/1/1990, p. 16</a></p> </div><p id="p110" data-pid="110" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204430/114/0"><em>Isaiah’s Prophecy I,</em> p. 159</a></p> <p id="p111" data-pid="111" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/28/0">ijwbq article 146;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/28/3"> it-1 362;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/28/5"> it-2 476;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/28/7"> w11 4/1 4-5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/28/9"> ip-1 159;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270040/28/12"> w90 3/1 16;</a></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/41/0">ad 257,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/41/1"> 1208;</a><span class="ni"> im 38;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/41/3"> w64 575;</a><span class="ni"> pa 125;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020040/41/5"> w51 764</a></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsQuotation"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">Quotation</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible 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class="b">+</a> the king, look! astrologers from the East came to Jerusalem, </span><span id="v40-2-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23287" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>saying: “Where is the one born king of the Jews?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/52" data-bid="53-1" class="b">+</a> For we saw his star when we were in the East, and we have come to do obeisance to him.” </span><span id="v40-2-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23288" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>At hearing this, King Herod was agitated, and all Jerusalem with him. </span><span id="v40-2-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23289" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>On gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. </span><span id="v40-2-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23290" class="vl vx vp study">5 </a>They said to him: “In Bethʹle·hem<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/53" data-bid="54-1" class="b">+</a> of Ju·deʹa, for this is how it has been written through the prophet: </span><span id="v40-2-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23291" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>‘And you, O Bethʹle·hem of the land of Judah, are by no means the most insignificant city among the governors<a id="footnotesource5" data-fnid="5" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070144/4">*</a> of Judah, for out of you will come a governing one,<a id="footnotesource6" data-fnid="6" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070144/5">*</a> who will shepherd my people Israel.’”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/54" data-bid="55-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="sb"><span id="v40-2-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23292" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>Then Herod secretly summoned the astrologers and carefully ascertained from them the time of the star’s appearing. </span><span id="v40-2-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23293" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>When sending them to Bethʹle·hem, he said: “Go make a careful search for the young child, and when you have found him, report back to me so that I too may go and do obeisance to him.” </span><span id="v40-2-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23294" class="vl vx vp">9 </a>After they had heard the king, they went their way, and look! the star they had seen when they were in the East<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/55" data-bid="56-1" class="b">+</a> went ahead of them until it came to a stop above where the young child was. </span><span id="v40-2-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23295" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>On seeing the star, they rejoiced with great joy. </span><span id="v40-2-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23296" class="vl vx vp study">11 </a>And when they went into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and falling down, they did obeisance to him. They also opened their treasures and presented him with gifts—gold and frankincense and myrrh. </span><span id="v40-2-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23297" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>However, because they were given divine warning in a dream<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/56" data-bid="57-1" class="b">+</a> not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.</span></p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="sb"><span id="v40-2-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23298" class="vl vx vp study">13 </a>After they had departed, look! Jehovah’s angel appeared to Joseph in a dream,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/57" data-bid="58-1" class="b">+</a> saying: “Get up, take the young child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I give you word, for Herod is about to search for the young child to kill him.” </span><span id="v40-2-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23299" class="vl vx vp study">14 </a>So Joseph got up and by night took along the young child and the child’s mother and went into Egypt. </span><span id="v40-2-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23300" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>He stayed there until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what was spoken by Jehovah through his prophet, saying: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/58" data-bid="59-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="sb"><span id="v40-2-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23301" class="vl vx vp study">16 </a>Then Herod, seeing that he had been outwitted by the astrologers, flew into a great rage, and he sent out and had all the boys in Bethʹle·hem and in all its districts killed, from two years of age and under, according to the time that he had carefully ascertained from the astrologers.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/59" data-bid="60-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v40-2-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23302" class="vl vx vp">17 </a>Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/60" data-bid="61-1" class="b">+</a> the prophet, who said: </span><span id="v40-2-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23303" class="vl vx vp study">18 </a>“A voice was heard in Raʹmah, weeping and much wailing. It was Rachel<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/61" data-bid="62-1" class="b">+</a> weeping for her children, and she was unwilling to take comfort, because they are no more.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/62" data-bid="63-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sb"><span id="v40-2-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23304" class="vl vx vp study">19 </a>When Herod had died, look! Jehovah’s angel appeared in a dream<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070144/63" data-bid="64-1" class="b">+</a> to Joseph in Egypt </span><span id="v40-2-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23305" class="vl vx vp study">20 </a>and said: “Get up, take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the young child are dead.” </span><span id="v40-2-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23306" class="vl vx vp">21 </a>So he got up and took the young child and the child’s mother and entered into the land of Israel. </span><span id="v40-2-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070144/23307" class="vl vx vp study">22 </a>But hearing that Ar·che·laʹus ruled Ju·deʹa instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. 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